episode_0002

The moment the light that filled Saya disappeared, Seonghyun opened his eyes.

“What’s going on?”

The remnants of the strong light made it difficult to see the surroundings clearly.

“Where am I?”

Through the sounds and sensations, it was clear that this was not the alley from before.

Chirp chirp.

Swoosh.

Rustle rustle.

The sounds of crickets, birds, and something crawling.

Sounds that were never heard in Tokyo during the day.

As Seonghyun focused on the sounds.

Run away.

A familiar sensation triggered an alarm.

“Why do I have this feeling now, when it only happened during investments?”

There was no time to think.

It was a feeling of every hair on his body standing on end.

Duck!

Whoosh.

Seonghyun instinctively crouched down following the sound of the senses.

At that moment, something powerful passed over Seonghyun.

Shriek!

“Ah!”

Seonghyun raised his head slightly.

“What…?”

The tree was…

Split in two.

In that case,

What could it be…

“What’s behind me?”

Run!

Before Seonghyun opened his eyes in the mysterious forest. Everyone who was engulfed in light in the alley had been transported to the same place.

Except for one person, Seonghyun.

Cold and hard marble.

A boy opened his eyes.

“Where is this…?”

-You’ve opened your eyes, hero.

A voice echoed in Hayato’s mind.

Everyone raised their heads as if they had heard the voice.

“What is this?”

If it was a coincidence, was it really a coincidence? Their posture was like that of subjects acknowledging a king.

-Excellent posture.

The detective had to figure out the situation first.

“Where… are we? Have you kidnapped us? I am a detective from central Tokyo. You will regret this.”

The detective clenched his lips at the unintended formal speech.

-Hmm. Looks like an explanation is necessary.

As everyone looked around in confusion.

Hayato stared in one direction.

He saw the owner of the voice.

-Oh? Can you see me? This hero seems quite exceptional.

The voice said with interest.

-If you are Japanese, you might understand quickly. In simple terms, you have been summoned to another world. I have found someone with the potential to save my world, and that boy over there is him.

The voice pointed towards Hayato.

-Oh, you probably can’t see me anyway. Wait a moment.

With a bright light, a blond man appeared.

“What…!”

The detective tried to analyze the situation with common sense.

But it was impossible.

A man with curly blond hair. A suit that wouldn’t look out of place in modern times.

A familiar sight to a contemporary Japanese person.

How should one understand this phenomenon?

“Alright, how about this appearance? Can you see me clearly?”

The voice resonated in their ears.

As everyone stared at the man as if petrified.

The man smiled.

“By the way, during hero summonings, it’s common for people around to be affected, but this… seems like a lot.”

The blond man looked around and said.

At that moment, the man with glasses who appeared to be the oldest shouted at the blond man.

“Have all the people from the alley been summoned here?”

The man looked at them with interest.

He always liked courageous individuals, so he answered the question.

“Yes.”

“Then why isn’t Mr. Kim Seonghyun here with us?”

The man was taken aback.

Kim Seonghyun?

The name sounded familiar.

But the man didn’t think much of it.

“There’s no way it could be him.”

He thought he was just a regular Korean tourist.

But a Korean involved in the summoning… that’s troublesome.

“Only Japanese people have been summoned here. If the person you mentioned is Korean, he probably got transported to a random coordinate on my planet.”

The team leader trembled at those words.

“What…? Does that make sense?”

“I’ll try looking for that guy once.”

The team leader spoke to the man with a feeling of not knowing anything anymore.

“Please summon the CEO here. He is the most important person to me.”

The CEO?

His name is Kim Seonghyun, a Korean, and someone referred to as the CEO.

There was one person that came to mind.

No, it could be a namesake.

The man asked the detective with wide eyes, “Do you happen to know Kim Seonghyun, the CEO of SH Investment?”

“How did you…?”

That was a sufficient answer.

The man trembled.

“If that Kim Seonghyun you’re looking for is the one, then there’s nothing to worry about. He’ll handle it well on his own. I can’t summon him here, but I’ll try to find him as soon as possible.”

Everyone thought, ‘What in the world is going on…?’

As the audience began to get noisy, the man covered the people in a white light.

“We don’t have much time. First, listen to the explanation.”

People lost control of their bodies.

The defense team leader stared at the blonde man with piercing eyes.

Was there something more to ask about Seonghyun?

The man casually ignored the team leader, “Hmm, it’s quiet now. Alright, let me explain.”

He placed his hand on his chest, “First of all, let me introduce myself. I am the deity of the planet you are going to. You may be familiar with my name since you are from Earth, Hermes.”

“The name of the planet you are going to is Pangea. Currently, a demon lord has been summoned to Pangea. That’s why I also summoned a hero.”

The deity pointed his finger at Hayato, “The hero is that boy over there, Hayato. Hayato is the hero.”

‘Time is running out.’

Hermes glanced at the sky for a moment before speaking faster, “Heroes summoned from different countries receive abilities according to their respective qualifications. Japanese people like you must have received a ‘job.’ The abilities you receive vary depending on your aptitude.”

“You can think of ‘jobs’ as your ‘status window’ in your head or when you speak.”

“Originally, we wouldn’t be so pressed for time, but there are too many people.”

The deity rubbed his head with his hand.

“When you defeat the demon lord, you can make one wish according to your achievements. Additionally, I will send you back to Japan.”

“By the way, the place you are going to is the Kingdom of Lom. You will hear more detailed explanations here.”

The deity reached out his hand towards the audience, “Time is almost up. Good luck.”

As everyone disappeared with the light, the space they were in collapsed in an instant.

The deity left in the universe with wings on his shoes and a staff entwined with a snake, looked at the bright shining star.

“I really can’t handle the weight like my father. By the way, Seonghyun came here… right when I was gambling with that guy… He’ll cause a commotion if he finds out, won’t he?”

Hermes thought of the person he was gambling with and looked up at the vast universe.

He had explained it as a mission, but in reality, he was just a customer.

Oh, this is a mess.

“Let’s find him first. Find him and then think.”

***

At that moment when everyone was in the deity’s space, Seonghyun was running like crazy.

He couldn’t see properly and got scratches on his face from branches as he ran.

But he never stopped his feet.

Stopping meant the end.

“I’m going to die! I’m going to die! I’m going to die!”

Thud! Thud! Thud!

He didn’t need to look back to know.

Roar-.

As the tiger jumped and swung its front paw at Seonghyun, he rolled on the ground to dodge the attack.

Ahhhh-.

Seonghyun rolled his body to avoid the tiger’s attack.

Seonghyun thought to himself, “Why am I here?”

“What the hell is going on?!” he exclaimed.

Right after being summoned to an unknown forest, Seonghyun felt a sense of danger prickling the tiger’s senses.

Upon investigating the source of the tiger’s alertness, he found a human there.

What? This small and frail creature?

The human looked incredibly weak.

But the sense of danger continued to scream of imminent peril.

It must be killed. It must be killed right now.

If time passes,

You will die.

The tiger swiped its paw.

Swish-.

Before the tiger’s paw could reach him, Seonghyun quickly ducked his head.

The tiger was taken aback.

He dodged it? Without even looking?

Roar!

The tiger let out a loud roar.

Seeing this, Seonghyun threw a sharp stone at the tiger’s eyes.

“Take this, you bastard!”

Then he leaned against a tree and began to run.

Just as he tried to dodge the stone lightly,

The tiger sensed it. It wasn’t just a thrown stone.

Dodging this stone would take the human out of my range.

The tiger made a choice.

Dodge the stone.

Or not.

The tiger trusted its eyesight.

It just let the stone hit its eye.

Thud!

It was a crazy choice.

The stone didn’t hit the tiger’s eye, but

For a moment, the tiger lost sight in one eye.

Seeing this wild sight, Seonghyun broke out in a cold sweat.

“Did he just take that hit?”

I need to revise my plan.

Seonghyun changed his trajectory.

“What the hell! I tried to dodge, but it bounced back!”

Strangely, he was being viewed as an enemy rather than prey. This was definitely not a good sign.

‘Why? I’m infinitely weaker than that tiger.’

No one could answer that.

“Pant! Pant! Pant!”

Seonghyun felt like his head was going to explode.

‘That intuition that only came when risking my life…!’

He was frantically racking his brain.

It felt like he could predict what the tiger would do next.

To the right!

Seonghyun turned his body to the right, using his right foot as a pivot.

Whoosh-.

The tiger’s paw passed by Seonghyun as if brushing past him.

‘I dodged it.’

But Seonghyun couldn’t bring himself to smile.

Splat-.

His body’s responses were getting slower and slower, blood started flowing from his nose.

Is this the limit now?

Far-.

Seonghyun gritted his teeth as if they were about to break.

‘But I have to endure.’

His response speed was slowing down, his body was slowing down, the injuries were increasing, and his stamina was dwindling, making it seem like he was about to pass out.

Yet Seonghyun didn’t give up.

He ran and ran again.

Thud, thud-.

Was it to set him free?

The world forced Seonghyun to make a cruel choice.

“What the hell! Why is luck so bad today!”

Jump off and die? Or get eaten and die?

No more trees were in sight.

All he could see was an endless cliff.

Huff, huff.

Seonghyun gasped for breath as he glared at the tiger.

His body couldn’t move anymore. Dodging the tiger’s attack one more time was his limit.

So,

Faced with the choices the world presented him,

“I’m not going to die.”

Seonghyun raised the corners of his mouth.

Adrenaline and dopamine were being secreted like crazy in Seonghyun’s brain.

That’s why, at this moment, Seonghyun felt alive.

“Let’s do this, you bastard.”

Feelings of excitement, tension, and pressure that he had never felt in modern times.

Investment in modern times allowed him to experience such things.

Whether the tiger knew or not about Seonghyun’s thoughts,

It lunged with a ferocious momentum.

At that moment, Seonghyun squeezed out his last bit of strength.

Go that way.

A virtual line began to form in Seonghyun’s eyes.

Zoom-.

He bent his body and moved forward.

Seonghyun bent his body instinctively and shot.

As a result, Seonghyun narrowly passed by the tiger’s belly.

The tiger saw Seonghyun moving behind him.

But when he looked ahead, all he could see was an endless cliff.

Oh no!

Just then, a rock thrown by Seonghyun narrowed the tiger’s field of vision.

And that’s how the opportunity was created.

The tiger wanted to survive.

It spun in the air and then planted its front paw into the cliff.

Thud-.

The tiger’s claws began to dig into the wall.

Seonghyun looked down at the tiger from above and stomped his foot.

“This! is! Sparta!”